Some of the Jones family emigrated to South Africa before the Second
World War. These pictures are of Arnold Spencer Jones on the left and
the picture on the right shows his sister Olwen Spencer Jones and her
daughter Audrey on June 28, 1942. A word or words 'Unit ali" appears
with the date on the back of the photo. The family also lived in
Bulawayo Rhodesia and Olwen
was in the Rhodesian Air Force in some capacity. A very important
letter is preserved which discusses the family in Africa, and mentions
that a cousin "Davy" died in the war. The letter, sent to Elizabeth
Griffith in Ilion New York before the US. was in the war, mentions that
Hugh Griffith Sr. was "making military Guns" and that Elizabeth had
Five cousins fighting in the War. Hugh was then employed by the
Remington Arms company as a supervisor. The return address is
Dunnottar Sub
Nigel near Johannesburg, which I believe is the Sub Nigel Gold
mining
company which has ceased operations in recent years. While the family
was in mining, it is also possible that the address was a war time
address only. It is also family lore that one of the Jones family was a
professor at the university of Rhodesia. Unfortunately, family
photos of the Jones's hunting big game in Africa have dissappeared.

Front and back of a coin from British West Africa dated 1939 which was in the possession of Elizabeth Griffith.